WATER FOR ENVIRONMENT MEMBERS Dr. Rahmah ElFithri - Chairperson - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

WATER FOR ENVIRONMENT MEMBERS Dr. Rahmah ElFithri - Chairperson (LESTARI, UKM) En. Ellias bin Saidin (ENSEARCH) En. Amir Afiq Abdullah (DOE) Pn Shamsiah Hj Jirat (UPEN, SABAH) Ms Lavanya Rama Iyer (WWF MALAYSIA) Mr Gurmit Singh (ETDEM) Mr Grippin Akeng (FORESTRY DEPT) En Salim Aman (FORESTRY DEPT) En Abdul Halim Ab. Aziz (PUNCAK NIAGA) Ir. Fitrawati bt Zakaria – Secretary (DID MALAYSIA)

ISSUE 1 1.This two target is not included in Climate Resilience a) Target 12 – Adopt economic measures to value water resources b) Target 13 – Adopt measures to determine optimum water quality and yield What has been done a. PES in Perak Recommended action Apply PES concept throughout Malaysia 1) 2) Start to implement Natural Resources Accounting 3) Recommended Agency: EPU a) NRE b) )State Government C d) Treasury

ISSUE 2 2. Water Quality not prioritised in the NWRP 
 a) Pollution 
 b) Waste water management What has been done Standard EQA a) Studies b) Action Plan on water quality improvement c) Monitoring programme by relevant agencies d) Waste water treatment by IWK e) Recommended Action Water quality issue should be highlighted in NWRP a) Harmonise stduy results b) c) Comitment of private company in monitoring of water quality example Oil palm plantation company must registered with MSPO Certification Recommended Agencies All technical agencies a) b) MPIC, NRE, MOH

ISSUE 3 3.0 Environment has to be managed holistically What has been done a) IRBM and IWRM has been developed but not inlined with National Pysical Plan (NPP) Recommended action 1) Apply PES concept throught out Malaysia 2) Start to implement 3) Translating Policy into Implementable Actions 4) Federal state to provide perfomance based national annual budget allocation to state governments Recommended Agency: a) EPU b) NRE c) State Government d) Treasury

ISSUE 4 4. Poor Coordination between agencies / between Federal and State Recommended actions a) Perfomance based budget for enviromental maintenance and monitoring b) Insentive from Federal Government to protect the environment Recommended Agency a) EPU b) UPEN, State

ISSUE 5 5. Protecting Intergrity of Water Catchment Area Recommended Actions a) Adhere to holistic planning like IWRM, IRBM and NPP (2), Sabah Structural Plan, Spatial Planning (Sarawak), Strategic Environmental Impact Assesment (SEIA) b) Prohibit degazettement of water catchment area c) Protection of catchment area under state land and alinated land Recommended Agency a) NRE b) KPKKT c) Pejabat Tanah dan Galian Negeri d) KPTG

CONCLUSION Protecting ecosystem will provide resilience against changing climate because natural ecosystem regulate A) water cycle B) create natural defenses against the impact of climate change C) Example flood plain, mangroove D) Reduce rehabilitation cost Cost effective measure Disaster and land slide